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  1. 09-10-2010, 05:02 AM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlashLackey View Post
    Not sure why you would have such an issue "bothering" to agree with that.
    Because I don't care that it was a holy book. I care about the impact and motives of such an act, regardless of what book is being burnt.

    The fact that it is a holy book for more than half of the world is bound to have more impact, but the evil and ignorance behind the act does not change, and that is what really bothers me ...NOT the fact that the book is holy.

    Some German Jewish poet almost 200 years ago said it best with something like "first they burn books, then they burn people".

    <addendum> actually, this was the line - Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." ("That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also.")
    Last edited by david petley; 09-10-2010 at 05:06 AM. Reason: addendum
    No longer a Flashkit mod, not even by stealth

    Insanity is just a point of view. After all, the world looks pretty normal through your own underpants.
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